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The prime minister of Tuvalu has threatened to pull seasonal workers from Australia and has encouraged other Pacific Island nations to do the same.
Prime Minister Enele Sopoaga’s threat is believed to be in response to comments made by Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack on climate change.
Mr McCormack was recorded saying Pacific Island nations would survive climate change because their workers travel to Australia to ‘pick our fruit’.
‘They’ll continue to survive because many of their workers come here and pick our fruit, pick our fruit grown with hard Australian enterprise and endeavor and we welcome them and we always will,’ he said.
Mr Morrison has also come under fire for his behaviour at last week’s leaders' forum in Tuvalu, with Fiji Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama accusing the Australian prime minister of having an ‘insulting’ and ‘condescending’ attitude towards climate change.
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